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Square Enix Admits Final Fantasy XIV Damaged Brand

Posted by Soulskill on from the all-downhill-since-tellah-died dept.

_xeno_ writes "It's taken a year since Final Fantasy XIV launched to what can at best be called unfavorable reviews, but Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada is finally willing to admit that the (still subscription-free) MMO 'greatly damaged' the entire Final Fantasy brand. Despite this damage, Wada said Square Enix will continue to work on 'reviving' the game, with an upcoming patch promising to finally introduce such series staples as chocobos and airships. Even so, there's still no word on the PS3 release, which was delayed until the game was 'fixed,' nor is there any sign that Square Enix feels the game will be worth a subscription fee any time soon."

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  1. Re:The problem is by blahplusplus · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "Western RPGs keep growing and innovating."

    Bullshit. Western RPG's are just as bad in their own ways, most modern western RPG's can hardly even be called RPG's anymore. Mass effect 1 and 2? Really? Cover based shooting with a few skills on the side is far from traditional video game RPG's as you can get. Most modern "RPGs" have been turned into first person shooters because the developers are so incompetent at "RPG's" part so and they see all that Call of duty money out there. The only good RPG's coming out lately are from out of left field like Torchlight and Magicka and a few others I can't name at the moment. Skyrim and oblivion can hardly be called RPG's in considering their dumbed down forms of older more RPG'esque games.

    Lets face facts, the modern gamer is so simple minded he can't deal with the more complex RPG's of the past so developers have turned them into first person shooters or cinematic computer rendered movies because too many gamers out there don't really like videogames anymore for the game part, but only for the story/cinematics and hollywood effects.